Moldovan, Belarusian governments agree on new bilateral cooperation projects

Chisinau, 3 October /MOLDPRES/ - Prime Minister Pavel Filip and his Belarusian counterpart Andrei Kobyakov unveiled the outcomes of the visit to Moldova by a delegation of the Minsk government at a news conference, the government’s communication and media relations department has reported. 

The two prime ministers showed confidence that the pragmatic and open discussions, held within the visit, would significantly contribute to strengthening the relations between the Moldovan and Belarusian governments.

“We deem Belarus as a priority regional partner, and during the meetings and discussions held within the visit, we found out the advanced character of the relations between Moldova and Belarus, which continue developing based on principles of friendship, respect and mutual support. The discussions we have on this occasion served as a good opportunity to consider in detail the Moldovan-Belarusian relations, as well as the future trends of cooperation on which we should focus our efforts. We have a good cooperation, yet, we can and we will do together more,” Pavel Filip said.

For his part, Prime minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov highlighted the dynamic character of the bilateral ties and voiced confidence that the agreements reached at the present visit would be carried out. “Moldova ranks fourth in the overall volume of the trade exchanges of Belarus. For its part, Belarus is among the first ten commercial and economic partners of Moldova and remains an important consumer of Moldovan goods. In figures, this means 25 per cent of the wine production and about ten per cent of the vegetables and fruits you are exporting,” the Belarusian PM said.      

Also today, at a ceremony held in the presence of Prime Minister Pavel Filip and Andrei Kobyakov, the sides signed more agreements and amendments to previously signed documents. The accords and amendments were agreed upon at the 17th meeting of the joint inter-governmental commission for commercial and economic cooperation. The documents are meant to boost cooperation in the fields of economy, industry, constructions and regional development, in promoting youth policies. The sides also signed a string of contracts on collaboration between enterprises from Moldova and Belarus. In particular, proceeding from the positive experience of a project on assembling of Belarusian trolley busses, the sides agreed to launch a similar project of assembling Belarusian MAZ busses in Chisinau.          

In the first seven months of this year, the trade exchanges between Moldova and Belarus has recorded a ten per cent growth, amounting to 150 million dollars.

(Editor L. Alcaza)